I am one of those walmart Greese can users. Lori mentioned that in her post. The wall mart greese pot weighs less than a ounce more than most ti pots costing ten times the money!I use some freeze dried meals and some home dehydrated meals. You live in a good area for backpacking. If you find you are going to do it often I would bye a decent dehydrator! I have one and just dehydrating bellpepper, onions etc add allot of flavor to freeze dried meals. Start out slow and see what you like and what works. Your options are many, Happy Trails